David Dorsey

Partner, 11.2 Capital
David Dorsey uses his experience as a former DARPA principal investigator at Lockheed Martin and hands-on expertise in AI/ML, quantum, and RF to help early-stage (~$2M) university spinouts commercialize.
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About David Dorsey

David Dorsey is a former DARPA principal investigator at Lockheed Martin who now invests in deep tech startups at 11.2 Capital, bringing hands-on engineering experience in AI/ML, quantum technologies, and RF spectrum applications to help founders with technical and commercialization challenges. As a Philadelphia-based partner at a Bay Area firm who previously invested in university spinouts at Osage University Partners, he focuses on early-stage rounds around $2M and serves on innovation boards to bridge academic research and real-world applications.

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AI, Health, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Deeptech / Hardware
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Pre-Seed - Series B+
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$500K - $3M

11.2 Capital is named after Earth's escape velocity (11.2 km/s) and focuses exclusively on deep-tech breakthroughs across AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing, robotics, space tech, and synthetic biology—with an unusually strong emphasis on bioengineering that's rare among early-stage tech funds. The firm's partners have deep technical backgrounds and position themselves specifically as early-stage investors for highly technical founding teams who want investors that can engage with complex product and R&D details.

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